Navy Special Action Regiment

The Navy special action regiment (RASM) or "Commandos marine" is an Algerian navy special forces regiment.

Navy Special Action Regiment
Founded2005
Service branchesAlgerian Navy
HeadquartersAlgiers

History

The RASM is a special forces regiment from the Algerian army (ANP), indeed before the commandos groups were affiliated to the marine fusilier regiments (RFM).

In 2005 there had the 1st promotion of marine commando, and they were composed by several little groups in the marine fusilier regiments.

However it was decided to bring together all the commando and combat diver groups to create a new special operations regiment for the Algerian navy.[1]

Missions

The RASM missions are :

  • The special recognition[2]
  • Land combat actions from the sea on crisis zones, in the vanguard of conventional units (as was the case for exercise "Toufane" 2018)[3]
  • The protection and the evacuation of persons[2]
  • The protection of sensitive sites along the coast or at sea (naval areas, ports, ships...)[1]
  • Destruction and sabotage of strategic targets[4]
  • The release of hostages from watercraft or ships and the resolution of serious crises at sea[5]
  • Interventions at sea in the context of State action at sea missions (combating terrorism, maritime piracy, illicit trafficking and maritime offences, etc.)[4]
  • The counter terrorism and the hostage rescue[6]

Organization

It would seem that the RASM has an organization close to the French marine commandos with 2 units distributed between Algiers and Mers-el-Kebir as well as several detachments positioned in the coastal cities such as Skikda, Annaba, Jijel...[1][7]

The RASM has several companies with various specialties :[5][8]

  • A counter terrorism and hostage rescue company which specialise in assault at sea, maritime counter-terrorism and extraction of nationals, release of hostages
  • A support company which specializes in remote neutralization and operational support to units in combat zones (long-range snipers...).
  • A recognition company which specializes in the recognition and acquisition of operational intelligence for action by assault groups
  • A combat diver company which specialises in underwater action and maritime counter-terrorism actions, hostage rescue, it is made up exclusively of combat swimmers. The support and lighting companies each include a group specialising in the release of hostages on maritime or land targets, which are CTHR (Counter Terrorism and Hostage Rescue) groups.

However, divers are divided into 3 parts, there are combat divers, clearance divers and deep and underwater work divers.[9]

  1. Combat Divers: Combat divers have offensive missions. These divers are responsible for placing mines, assaulting port, coastal and ship targets, freeing hostages and participating in the early phases of the amphibious assault.
  2. Demining divers: The missions assigned to demining divers are the search and identification of mines, their neutralization, destruction and removal of explosive devices placed underwater or on board vessels.
  3. Deep-sea and underwater work divers: The mission of these divers consists in carrying out maintenance work such as welding, cutting and repairing anomalies (cleaning up port accesses and maritime areas).
Algerian Marine commando during an exercise for Phoenix Express in 2012.
An Algerian marine commando during a training with the NATO in Greece in 2012.
An Algerian marine commando during a training with the NATO in Greece in 2012.
Algerian combat divers after an exercise in 2007.


Training and coaching

The marine commandos are directly recruited within the marine rifle regiments, to become a marine commando it is mandatory to be a marine rifleman to participate in the selections.

Future commandos are trained at the Marine Rifle and Diver School (EFMP) in Jijel.[10][11]

The duration of their training is 4 months, the training is based on three axes:[10]

  • Improving physical performance
  • Shooting
  • The fight

Apart from this training, the focus is on diving, which consists of carrying out Maritime Commandos Operations (MCO), the objective is to be able to carry out attacks on coastal targets.

In addition, marine commandos also take part in training abroad, in particular in the United States with the US Navy Seals,[12] US Marines,[12] Italian COMSUBIN,[13] Spanish FGNE,[14][15] Tunisian marine commandos[16] British marine commandos,[13] the SBS[13] among others.

Equipment and armament

Armament

The marine commandos are always in double equipment during their actions (automatic pistol + assault rifle), however according to the speciality and the mission the weapons can change, for example the divers do not have the same armament as the assault units...

Handgun

Assault rifle
  • AKM
  • Crossbow (for divers)
  • Underwater combat weapons with darts

Divers put a special coating on their rifle (AKM, AKMS) to avoid corrosion by salt and rust by water, in addition to that they can protect them with a soft plastic housing which allows them to shoot even underwater.

Moreover, the assault rifles are custom made for each operator.

Machine gunner rifle

Precision rifle

Others

Individual equipment

For CTHR, support and recognition units

For combat divers
  • Suit we distinguish 3 categories of suits of different thicknesses (3mm, 5mm and 7mm) we also find wet and waterproof suits that can go from 1 to 10mm.
  • Air bottles we distinguish two types of bottles: the single bottle which weighs 15 kg and the double bottle which weighs 25 kg.
  • A closed circuit device or "rebreather" that also allows CO2 to be transformed into oxygen and therefore recycles air for greater autonomy, and it also serves to hide air bubbles because the diver will not emit bubbles on the surface. Thus the combat diver will carry out his missions with discretion and safety.

Necessary accessories for diving

flippers, flashlight, mask, helmet, compass, vest with integrated weight belt, air tanks, a manometer to measure pressure

Special
  • Bullet shield
  • Night vision apparatus
  • Night and infrared and thermal sights
  • Individual transmission apparatus
  • Radios
  • Silencers (which they place on their armaments)
  • Eotech viewfinder, acog...
  • Kayak
  • Diving thruster

Resources

Land vehicles

Watercraft
  • Semi-rigid boat of the zodiac type
  • Inflatable dinghy
  • Stars and patrol boats ALUSAFE 2000, Ocea FPB-98, El-Kebir Class...

Aircraft Means

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